Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Coma Berenices (Com)  ·  Contains:  M 99  ·  NGC 4254  ·  Pin-wheel nebula
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M99  - the coma pinwheel, Andrew Lockwood
M99  - the coma pinwheel
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M99 - the coma pinwheel

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M99  - the coma pinwheel, Andrew Lockwood
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M99 - the coma pinwheel

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55 Million light years away, in the Virgo cluster of galaxies is the Coma Pinwheel. Although similar in dimensions to the Milky Way it appears to only have 15% of the mass of our home galaxy.

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M99  - the coma pinwheel, Andrew Lockwood

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